PARADOXES OF DEFENCE, Wherein is proved the true grounds of fight to be the short ancient weapons and that the short sword has advantage over the long sword or the long rapier. And the weakness and imperfection of the rapier-fights displayed. Together with an admonition to the noble, ancient, victorious, valiant, and most brave nation of Englishmen, to beware of false teachers of defence, and ...

HISTORICAL FENCING MANUALS Talhoffer. Fechtbuch (1467) (Primarily illustrations, missing 5 plates of 270.) $18.00 Achille Marozzo. Opera nova (Mutinae:1536) $15.00 Camillo Agrippa. Trattato di Scientia d Arme (Rome:1553) $15.00 * Henry de St. Didier. Traicte... sur l'Espee Seule (Paris:1573) $6.00 Angelo Viggiani. Lo Schermo (Vinitia:1575) $20.00 **G. A. Lovino. Traite d'Escrime (Mostly ...

DiGrasse's Rapier Combat & Fencing Giacomo DiGrasse - His True Art of Defense A video-enhanced Rapier Combat/Rapier Fencing Manual is located at: www.kismeta.com/diGrasse/index.htm Plainly teaching by infallible demonstrations, apt figures, and perfect rules the manner and form how a man without other teacher or master may safely handle all sorts of weapons, offensive and defensive; with a ...

Of Honor and Honorable Quarrels The Second Booke Vincentio Saviolo London, 1594 Table of Contents The Preface A Dicourse of Single Combats: with some necessarie condsideration of the causes for which they are undertaken A Rule and Order concerning the Challenger and Defender Don Danulf Donaldson; Dana Groff, 1205 East End Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15218 Last modified: Fri Aug 9 20:39:17 EDT 1996 ...